“I’m going through and evaluating our football team, both coaches and players,” Reid said. “This is one of the moves, and we’ll see where this goes from here.”

What will the next move be? Reid didn’t say. But Reid did say that he deserves as much blame as Castillo for the problems the team’s defense has faced in the season and a half since Reid made the surprising decision to move Castillo from the offensive side of the ball to defensive coordinator.

“I put Juan in this situation and things didn’t worked out as I’d hoped,” Reid said. “I take full responsibility for putting him in that situation.”

Reid acknowledged that the Eagles’ defensive game plans have been far from the only problem during their 3-3 start.

“Offense, defense and special teams right now, we need to get better, and I’m going to continue to work to that and it’s my responsibility to do that,” Reid said. “And I’m just bringing this to you because this is what’s happend so far. I’m not going to tell you anything that’s going to happen past this, anything that will happen, I’m not telling you that, but this is what has happened so far.”

Reid said that he likes and respects Castillo and considered firing him “one of the tougher things I’ve had to do.” And Reid made clear that he’s looking in the mirror, too.

“I can obviously do better,” Reid said. “I think collectively we can all do better but I can do better myself.”

If Reid’s moves don’t turn the Eagles around soon, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie may be ready to make a move of his own, and fire the man who hired Castillo.

This is hilarious. Phillys defense has actually played well considering the offense has left them in terrible situations all year. So lets fire the DC, and the dog murderer is still starting. Haha dirty birdies. Dream team 2012.

” After evaluating Andy Reid, I have decided that it will in the best interest of the Philadelphia Eagles to replace Andy Reid as the head coach. Juan Castillo will become our intrem head coach for the remainder of the season” – Andy Reid

Castillo was a stupid move to begin with. He was a good Oline coach but didn’t have a clue on defense. The next move has to be special teams. Eagles have to fix special teams in a hurry. I do think Eagles can fix the turnovers if they run the ball more and come out with a balanced attack.

Too many fourth quarter collapses by the defense going back to last year, and culminating with Sundays fiasco against Detroit led to Castillo’s demise. Defensive rankings aside…you have to hold the lead in the fourth quarter…final score is all that matters.

Sign or trade for some better linemen. Give Vick time to throw and open up lanes for the running game. Also teach Vick to throw the ball away instead of trying to keep the play alive.

It’s shocking that more NFL starting QBs don’t play smarter. They are the best in the world what they do and have the best coaching. The Manning’s and Brady are great examples. Go through your reads. If the play isn’t there throw the ball out of bounds and move on to the next play.

It’s kind of funny, Juan Castillo played linebacker in college and the USFL and coached defense for his first 7-8 years in the college and HS level. Then one day he’s hired as a college offensive line coach, now offense is all he’s known for. How did that ever happen in the first place?

Andy Reid just made an in-season firing after all of the criticisms I have come up with about him? Hmm, well I can’t say that I’m not at least encouraged by what he has up his sleeve. At least he is showing that he can take responsibility for making a bad decision and is willing to be aggressive in trying to fix the problems. That buys him some momentarily credibility. Hopefully he continues making good decisions and can do the right things and get the job done.

Hmmmm.. seems like Andy might have fired the wrong guy? The Eagles Offense is good at putting up yards, but not so good at putting up points. That tells the average Joe a few things. The Offense isnt scoring in the red zone. The Offense is holding the ball a lot but not moving it far enough to score. Or, the team (Mike Vick) is turning the ball over on good drives.

Defense is the reason this team isn’t 0-6 right now and Juan was set up for failure from the beginning but if you blow SEVEN 4th quarter leads over the course of a season and a half. You gotta go. Hope Marty soon follows…

I haven’t seen anyone say this (and I’m not sure if it was the entire fourth quarter that the coverage on Calvin was changed since I didn’t watch the game) but what about Nate Allen? Did the coverage change after he got injured? From what I’ve heard Nnamdi was getting safety help the first three quarters, but it changed in the fourth. Could the fact Nate Allen, who got injured early in the fourth, be the reason why the coverage was changed and was asked for more blitzes? I don’t know if Castillo would trust Colt Anderson to give Nnamdi safety help.

Regardless, I do agree Castillo didn’t put out a great product, but he was not the reason why the Eagles were losing games.

all eagles fans just need to take a deep breath and relax. yes vick is committing too many turnovers. but is benching him the answer ? no it is not. that will just create more issue at the qb position, and it won’t be a near term (ie, this season) solution, which is what reid needs to keep his job. despite vick’s flaws, eagles have been in every gm this season except ariz. in fact, in the last 2 gms, despite vick’s flaws, he put them up 14-13 late in pitt gm and 23-13 late in detroit gm.

they are 3-3. there are 10 gms left. put the pitchforks, tar and feathers away for a few wks.

Back when Vick was occupying the position of quarterback in ATL, I heard some analyst say that with a running quarterback you’ll basically wind up 8-8. Occasionally, you’ll have a better year.

As pointed out by other commenters, Vick has been unable or unwilling to ‘professionalize’ his style of play.

The Eagles are 3-3, and with a difference of just 7 total points, they’d be 0-6.

I’m not at all a fan of the Eagles, but the biggest mistake Andy made was bringing in Michael Vick. Or maybe promoting Juan Castillo (wasn’t he the offensive line coach?) to defensive coordinator was his biggest mistake? I just cannot decide!!!

As an Eagles fan this is so frustrating… everyone… EVERYONE knew that Castillo was a bad hire for DC, hell even Castillo probably knew that too… except Andy ‘I know better than everyone else’ Reid.
As a result We have had to suffer for nearly 1&1/2 seasons because of it, and have missed out on hiring quality DC’s.

Andy Reid is so stubborn, he is a classic “I think what I like, and the rest of you be damned”, the guy cant adapt…

But what irks me the most is how has Mornhinweg kept his job for so long? A lot of people have been saying this for years. We have had so much talent, yet this guy does the dumbest play calling ever… DC’s around the league must chuckle when they come up against him. And yes Vick turning it over doesnt help either.

We should take this to a WWE level and have Rex Ryan suddenly come out from behind the curtain, club Reid with a chair, and announce that “effective immediately” he is taking over as head coach of the Eagles. I would pay good money for this.

It must be Castillo’s fault for the poor play calling. It must be Castillo’s fault for all Vick’s costly turnovers. It must be Castillo’s fault for all the recent personnel moves. Fire Castillo. The Dream Team is going all in this year again. Face It, Lurie will never fire Teflon Andy.

Hmmm. The offense is atrocious, turning over the ball at a record pace and putting the defense in a tough spot several times a game. The offense is one of the lowest scoring in the NFL. So, the Eagles fire the defensive coordinator. Why am I not surprised that Castillo, the nearest minority, is held out as scapegoat? If I am wrong, then I want to hear why Mornhinweg still has a job today.

If Andy Reid said he’s been evaluating his team and first dumps the coordinator whose squad is ranked #13 in the league instead of the one whose squad ranks 30th, you gotta wonder what the heck he’s basing his evaluations on.

How can people call for marty Mornhinweg to be fired without noting that Reid has to be the first to go. Does Marty’s playcalling stink? Of course it does. But, when you take your time and lok closely, it’s exactly the same sa Andy’s was before he supposedly turned the playcalling duties over to Marty. That tells me that Andy still has the majority of theinfluence on the plays being run. So, fine. Marty should be fired, but when Andy shows him the door, he should also be the first one through it.

3-3 a game out of first place, two defensive stops from being 5-1 and you fire your coordinator this just plain and simple reeks of panic. Bobby April, Mike Vick and any of those bums on the offensive line shouldn’t be sleeping well this week.

Here is some more food for thought on this situation. The Eagles wouldnt have to worry about blowing leads if they could score a decent amount of offensive points. I think they are averaging like 16 on Offense? Good teams average mid-20s and up.

The Eagles game against the Falcons should be pretty intriguing considering it could be the game that makes or breaks the Eagles season, along with Andy’s job. With that said the players respect Reid and I suspect they will rally behind their coach. Andy Reid also has an excellent record following the bye week……… That said I am hoping Andy realizes that he needs to change his approach on offense. His brand of football is old and tired. Same mistakes year after year. He has a QB that is injury prone, can not read defenses, holds the ball to long and turns the ball over at an alarming rate. All this behind a beat up O line that cannot pass block. Yet he insists on calling 40 something pass play a game as opposed to running the ball with his all-pro running back…… What really cracks me up is when he calls a play action pass after refusing to establish any type of running game……. What am I saying, he ain’t changing a thing and the Eagles will once again be 8-8 and Andy can go coach the Chargers and torture their fans.

We will all be sorry when we have the rich kotites of the world. People forget the what Andy has done… There are always cycles we go though with any team. The fact that most teams would want Andy should speak volumes haters hate but u will be sorry

I love how people act as if the Eagles can’t find a better coach. Andy Reid is a good general manager. He is great at developing QBs, he has shown he is capable of creating a competitive team on a pretty consistent basis but he has also proved that he is a horrible game day coach that can’t get over the hump. Yes he is the most successful coach in franchise history (a franchise that has never won anything) especially when compared to Rich Kotite. There have been plenty capable coaches hired by other teams during Reid’s tenure and there is no reason why ownership cannot find another capable coach. I also realize they may not but after 13 years of the same song and dance I don’t think it would be considered hating to accept continued incompetence from a team that has the talent to exceed Andy Reid’s shortcomings as a game manager. There is a difference between pessimism and realism and what’s real is that Andy Reid that Andy Reid continues to underachieve. PERIOD

Btw the Eagles winning % is .167 when Vick has 40+ pass attempts. Hopefully Andy took notice of that stat. You run to set up the pass. Not vice versa…… The more Vick handles the ball the greater the odds that something bad will happen. Vick is an extraordinary athlete and capable of making big plays when the time is right but that time is compromised when you eliminate the element of surprise by constantly swinging for the fences. It is what it is. I am tired of settling for mediocrity from a team with the talent to have won a Super Bowl over the last 13 years as opposed to 4 NFC championship losses in which they were favored in 3 of them along with all the other continued mistakes year after year.